So There's A Mole On Fitzgerald's Staff Leaking Info To The NYTimes?

[KittyWampus]

information that may or may not be accurate and which supposedly shows Rove didn't actually SAY Plame's name & status but did confirm it.

Don't Federal Prosecutors dislike leaks from their office?

I know there are exceptions (Starr).

But by many accounts Fitzgerald is a straight shooter.

Could the info in the times be baloney ala Judith Aluminum-tubes-Miller.

[Halliburton]

1. it was Rove's lawyer or someone affiliated with Rove's lawyer

no one close to Fitzgerald.

[MidnightWind]

3. Right--this is more Rovarian spin--

blame the PRESS--yeah, that's the ticket. The PRESS told Rove all about Plame, not the other way around. :eyes:

[ewagner]

14. I'm sure you're right

this has "rove apologist" written all over it.

[Jersey Devil]

2. The "mole" could also be disinformation from the WH

Why stop now when they've gotten away with it so many times before?

[Pirate Smile]

4. No, it is a Rove or other WH witness attorney. It isn't coming from

inside Fitzgerald's circle IMO.

[KittyWampus]

7. Then How Can NYTimes Print That It IS From Fitz's Office?

[Lex]

11. Did you see all the lies they printed before the invasion of Iraq?

.
It's not like they don't lie their asses off over there.

[Pirate Smile]

12. Do you have the exact quote from the NYT where they say that?

I'll look for it in the NYT article when I get a chance but if you have it handy could you post it?:)

[emulatorloo]

16. NYT doesn't say that - you are misreading EOM

[KittyWampus]

25. you're correct. here's quote showing I misread it. only reason I'm posting

this is to clarify my mistake.

Thanks!



The Justice Department appointed Patrick J. Fitzgerald, a top federal prosecutor in Chicago, to lead the inquiry. Mr. Rove said in an interview last year that he did not know the C.I.A. officer's name and did not leak it.The person who provided the information about Mr. Rove's conversation with Mr. Novak declined to be identified, citing requests by Mr. Fitzgerald that no one discuss the case. The person discussed the matter in the belief that Mr. Rove was truthful in saying he did not disclose Ms. Wilson's identity. On Oct. 1, 2003, Mr. Novak wrote another column in which he described calling two officials. The first source, who is unknown, was described by Mr. Novak as "no partisan gunslinger" who provided the outlines of the story. The second, confirming source, Mr. Novak wrote, responded, "Oh, you know about it."

[emulatorloo]

30. You are probably on to something. . . . made to look as if fitzgerald leak

by what I am assuming is a Rove legal team member. Because Ken Mehlman, Rush etc have certainly jumped on this one as proving Karl Rove is innocent.

[dbeach]

5. GO FIGHTING IRISH!!

bush can't buy Fitzie..like he bought scalia for $50 million..

a wounded animal is most dangerous..

[Pirate Smile]

8. When will the leaks to slander Fitzgerald start? hmmmm.

[dbeach]

19. thye mean machine is on standby

rreading many good things about fitzei from a variety of sites..

bush will regret the appointment of Fitzgerlad..thinka that proud Irish heritage..

Ever met a true Irish person that did'nt love a fight or arguemnt???

not in theri gense!

but TREASON is in the genes of another family that is not so Irish if ya catch my wave length??

[grumpy old fart]

18. What do we know about Fitzie?

I had my concerns when this dragged on past the '04 election....

[dbeach]

20. don't have facts for ya..

but this is looking up for the home team and not so good for the british invaders..

[grumpy old fart]

23. Found the facts here....looks like we could have a winner.....

Good in depth article on the man

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A55560-2005Feb1?language=printer

<snip>Fitzgerald is careful to be apolitical in his targets and his public life alike. He registered to vote as an Independent in New York, only to discover, when he began receiving fundraising calls, that Independent was a political party. He re-registered with no affiliation, as he did later in Chicago.

He spit fire last year when reporters asked whether the racketeering indictment of Muhammad Hamid Khalil Salah, a fundraiser for the Islamic militant group Hamas, was timed to boost President Bush's reelection campaign. The case was trumpeted first by Attorney General John Ashcroft.

"I am not running for an election. I'm not part of a political party," Fitzgerald said at the time. "The election is irrelevant to this case. The reason we brought this case now is we're ready to proceed."
<snip>

[dbeach]

24. sanx and good job

Go Irish!
St Patty routed the snakes before!!

[dogday]

6. How many stories do they need to tell? n/t

[Zen Democrat]

9. This is Rove's lawyer leaking -- not the prosecutor's office.

[KittyWampus]

32. You're Absolutely Right. At Least My Mistaken Interpretation Might Help

others not do same.

Perhaps wording in Times article was calculated to confuse people?
Or maybe I just screwed up.

[madrchsod]

10. kkkarls lawyer can say anything he likes

but you`ll never hear a word from fitz`s office.

[Lex]

13. "Leaks" about the case only started after the heat was turned up on Karl!

That tells me all I need to know.

[ewagner]

15. Good for you!

Nice catch there.....

[KelleyKramer]

17. According to Cooper, you can talk about your own testimony

Heard a statement by Cooper yesterday and he said you can talk about your own testimony, and said he intends to do exactly that in a future Time article.

BTW, almost EVERYTHING from the Clinton grand jury was leaked.

[Pirate Smile]

21. Andrea Mitchell just said that this is the story the WHITE HOUSE is

trying to put out.

She was asked on MSNBC's Connected what the WH reaction is to this new story, i.e. Novak asked Rove and Rove confirmed it, blah, blah. She responded by saying that "this is the story the White House is trying to put out".

This is from the Administration, not the Investigation.

[faithnotgreed]

31. exactly - that is all we need to know about this particular story

[Norquist Nemesis]

34. To which Monica Crowley promptly responded

"Outrageous!!! Andrea, I can't believe you would say such a thing in a time of war!"

[Pirate Smile]

22. Whoops - happy clicker finger .

[mtnester]

26. This is being done by Rove or his operatives to get Fitz off the case

leaks being blamed on his office opens the door to his removal, and then a "soft, malleable" appointment to "look into this serious investigations."

The it falls off the face of the earth.

This has to be nipped in the bud right now, and Fitz has to do it quickly, IMO.

[giant_robot]

27. Is it just me, or does this smack of desperation?

I mean I understand why the 'pubs are spinning for public opinion, but in the long run, isn't it the opinion of the special prosecutor and grand jury that they should be worrying about?

[blm]

28. My advice: Spread the word that NYT is no longer reputable and promote

the GREAT work that Knight Ridder's news group is doing to preserve the factual record for history.

[Pirate Smile]

36. It is amazing isn't it. I know how horrid they were in promoting the Iraq

War, etc. but it still shocks me (somewhat) that they will just report the WH spin without actually acting like reporters and pointing out the holes and contradictions in the story.

[spanone]

29. Someone with inside info on the Grand Jury....I don't buy it. Not one bit

This story appeared in every freakin' local newspaper today qouting ONE ANNONYMOUS SOURCE. So how do you collaborate a story with ONE SOURCE? Ask the White House to verify?????? It's bullshit spin.

[Norquist Nemesis]

35. BINGO!

Fitzgerald does not tolerate leaks in any way, shape, or form.

[mmonk]

33. I doubt it's coming from the prosecutor's office